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As a trusted supplier of composite materials for interior and structural aerospace applications, Gurit offers a broad range of self-developed, tried and tested and qualified performance prepreg systems, structural core materials and adhesives that are ideally suited to manufacture weight-optimised laminate structures, sandwich or crushed-core components that exceed the customers’ performance criteria and the most stringent safety requirements of the global rail market. Gurit prepregs are used in a growing range of rail projects from High-Speed to Subway trains across the globe. From concept to...